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Sarasota Co. Sheriff’s Office recognized for prescription drug abuse enforcement

Posted by Nancy Guenther Chapman on September 7th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

The Sara­sota County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded $5,000 by the National Asso­ci­a­tion of Drug Diver­sion Inves­ti­ga­tors (NADDI) for out­stand­ing work in the field of pre­scrip­tion drug abuse enforcement.

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NADDI is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion that facil­i­tates coop­er­a­tion between law enforce­ment, health­care pro­fes­sion­als, state reg­u­la­tory agen­cies and phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers in the pre­ven­tion and inves­ti­ga­tion of pre­scrip­tion drug diversion.

Sher­iff Tom Knight ded­i­cated resources to address the prob­lem locally with the cre­ation of the Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Diver­sion Inves­tiga­tive Unit last year. Since that time, the SCSO and its part­ner­ship with the Sara­sota County Health Depart­ment, phar­ma­cists, med­ical pro­fes­sion­als and treat­ment orga­ni­za­tions has been rec­og­nized as a model in the fight against pre­scrip­tion drug abuse and diversion.

“It is grat­i­fy­ing to be rec­og­nized by a respected national orga­ni­za­tion that is known as a leader in this field,” Knight said. “We are expand­ing our inves­tiga­tive efforts and edu­ca­tional out­reach, and this award cer­tainly assists us in this initiative.”

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